Collector Gifts Copy of Beatles Decca Audtion to Paul - Has Lunch with Beatle

Via the Vancouver Sun:

In March, Rob Frith discovered that a reel-to-reel tape he owned that was labelled ‘Beatles demo’ was just that: a high-quality copy of the Beatles’ legendary unreleased demonstration recording for Decca records in 1962.

News of his discovery went viral, eventually garnering a story in The New York Times. A lawyer for Paul McCartney took note and phoned Frith.

On Sept. 18, Frith met with McCartney in Los Angeles and handed the tape over, free of charge.

“We hung out with him for like, 40 minutes,” said Frith, who owns the collectors store Neptoon Records in Vancouver. “He’s an absolute sweetheart of a guy. If you’re a Beatles fan and you thought he was a really cool person, he was even nicer than you could imagine, just such a down-to-earth, nice, sweet guy.”